I am happy to post this interview what is binary option with author Benita J. Prins, fellow lover of all things Tolkien and a great writer in her own right too! I read her fantasy, Sea of Crystal, Sea of Glass recently and recommend … Continue reading
J.R.R. Tolkien’s vision of evil is deeply moral, theological, and literary. His villains are terrifying because they do not create a rival universe with its…
In Tolkien’s fiction, the marvelous rarely arrives with a simple label. A door opens, a song alters the world, a blade reveals its history, or a figure speaks…
Population decline in Middle-earth is rarely presented through statistics. Tolkien gives no census for Gondor, Arnor, or the scattered communities of Eriador.…
In Tolkien’s legendarium, the Three Elven Rings represent a form of power far removed from conquest. Narya, Nenya, and Vilya do not exist to dominate kingdoms,…
When Thorin Oakenshield and his company arrive at Bilbo Baggins’s door, their names carry an atmosphere older than the adventure itself. Fili, Kili, Dori,…
J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis are often presented as a perfect literary pair: two Oxford writers, devoted Christians, and architects of modern fantasy. Their…
Faramir stands among the most quietly compelling figures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. He does not command the narrative through dazzling power, royal…
The Shire is one of the most recognizable landscapes in modern fantasy: green lanes, cultivated fields, stone bridges, garden plots, inns, and comfortable…
Few creatures in Middle-earth carry as much symbolic weight as the Eagles. They arrive suddenly from high places, intervene when ordinary strength has failed,…
Before Middle-earth had landscapes, languages, histories, or peoples, it existed as a possibility within the thought of Eru Ilúvatar. Tolkien’s creation story…
An essay I wrote about the desire of Tolkien and the TCBS to be a light to their darkening world. A century later, he still provides light. Thank you, Professor and God trade binary option bless! Art by Justin Gerard … Continue reading